We are currently awaiting X3e, an update with various fixes. The next new version will be X4 which may not be released for another 6 months or more. Cakewalk were on an annual upgrade cycle with new versions released around October, but there have been disruptions to this cycle at times to there nearly being 2 years between major releases on occasion.

Disclaimer:  not directed at anyone in particular but I'm fed up with all this garbage...
 
I don't often get angry... I try and reflect, consider and seek understanding... but suffering fools... especially those to stay stuck there after all sorts of wisdom and insites have been shared... does not come easy for me... so, I just want to say... in as loving a way as I can...
 
YOU WHINERS ARE REDICULOUS!!!!!!!
YOU ARE LIVING IN A SELF DELUDED FANTASY WORLD
YOU ARE EMBARASSING!
GROW UP!!!
 
I've made between $10-20K a year for the past several years... If I COULD SEE THE FRACKIN' FUTURE I WOULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY...Even better, I'd be RICH!  BFD!!! I've gone hungry to get the next upgrade...I'm poorer than YOU...and I think you all are a bunch of stupid, ungrateful self indulgent dweebs... HEY! maybe you should give me some of your money! It's your fault I didn't get your money...  GEEEEEZE!!!
 
I've paid for every upgrade... every video...because I wanted it... I needed it... when it came out... and I went without a lot of things to pull it all off... and I have enough RESPECT AND APPRECIATION for those who create all these tools to work hard and pay for them...the Bakers NEED to get paid... the video guys NEED to get paid... All this talk about taking care of LOYAL customers!!!! It's ridiculous... ME... Sonar 5... and I'm not whining...because I have a great X3 because they got all my money... so I'm happy cause Cake is still in business....things always get cheaper... and you stupid whiny freaks keeping this stupid thread alive should be ashamed of yourselves...QUIT UPGRADING IF YOU'RE SOOOOOO HARMED!!!  WAIT A COUPLE CYCLES.... DO WHAT EVER, BUT STFU!!!
 
Everything has been said a million times here... you're like a bunch of global warming deniers (now, that's an insult!!!)
 
Grow up, spoiled little children in adult bodies...personally, I'd charge YOU all MORE for wasting OUR time...
 
i know, I should be nice; delete this rant; but it's really getting ridiculous the mememmememememe no, mememem stuff... These are wonderous gifts... NOT entitlements!

mudgel
No. X is the series and the number after it is new version or full release. Updates within that version are designated by letters. At the moment we are at Sonar X3d. Each release or version has a number of extras.

Sonar X3 is the base version, Sonar X3 Studio has more features while Sonar X3 Producers has the most features. This scaling of product names is common to each release. Of course each version is differentiated by its price with Producer being the most expensive.

ah right, I though X was like 10 as in the roman numeral at the start, from sonar 8.5 onwards, then sort of figured it is a completely new application (or is it?)... or is it the beginning of this interface called Skylight moving away from Sonar 8.x (BTW is there a version 9.x)? What was Sonar 8.x interface called then (and does it even resemble Sonar X??)..
 
Anyway, I think Producer is well worth the extra $$, I think I will stick with any of the Producer versions as long as they don't get too expensive - good work to cakewalk, I'll STFU now hehe... I don't think anyone really whinged just expressing their opinion, there's nothing wrong with that...

you realise that this thread started back in October last year when Sonar X3 was released.
 
As for Sonar X.
 
Cakewalk started off as the name of the Software sold by Twelve Tone systems in the late 80's/Early Nineties.
 
It ended with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.
 
The next version adopted the name Sonar in about 2000/1, which was then followed By Sonar 2 etc right up to Sonar 8 then Sonar 8.5. there was no Sonar 9. It was at that point that development cycles became longer than the usual annual upgrade. At that time also Cakewalk adopted a new styling and GUI convention that they dubbed Skylight which has been the characteristic look of the X series.
 
In 2010/11 Sonar X series began and it was made clear to us that X did not stand for the Roman numeral for 10 rather just the letter X. So in its roughly annual release Cycle, that saw X1 and X2 take 3 years to develop, last year in October 2013 we saw the release of Sonar X3. Whether Cakewalk adopt the annual upgrade cycle again we don't know but if that were the case a new version would not be due until about October 2014.
 

Vastman. As rants go that was a superb and well founded rant. Cheers..

The followup to this thread could be the fact that now if you buy X3 You also get Groove3 X3 Explained free. Not for those who already own X3. If you want to rant then rant about this. Keep moving into the future.

CakeAlexS
Vastman. As rants go that was a superb .........

I enjoyed the heck out of it!

Grem

CakeAlexS
Vastman. As rants go that was a superb .........

I enjoyed the heck out of it!

Yes, that rant made me smile. I enjoyed it greatly and agreed completely, ......except the line about "global warming deniers", but that's for another thread in the coffee shop. The wind chill is -25 degrees outside.  lol

joel77

Grem

CakeAlexS
Vastman. As rants go that was a superb .........

I enjoyed the heck out of it!

Yes, that rant made me smile. I enjoyed it greatly and agreed completely, ......except the line about "global warming deniers", but that's for another thread in the coffee shop. The wind chill is -25 degrees outside.  lol

we've had record after record breaking of 40 deg Celsius days in a row ever since recordings have started for the month of Jan, usually it is mildly mid 20's and now were going through another heatwave... Never experienced -25, tell me if you go 4 a leak (pee) does it instantly freeze? Ouch!!!

Whiners who whine about whiners are still.... whiners, right?!